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THE STATE OF INDEPENDENCE

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

Lot 546 is an Irish Flag from American Civil War period. The green flag was the basis of the unit colours of American Irish military organisations. This rare version is estimated at 1,000-1,500. UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR 4,600

THE fascination of relatively recent Irish history underlines the success of the Independence series of auctions. These have been held jointly by James Adam in Dublin and Mealy’s of Castlecomer in April for the past six years. This year the sale is on April 19 at Adams in Dublin.

The top lot is a copy of the Proclamation (see antiquesandartireland.com post for April 13) estimated at 100,000-150,000. A small hand gun given by Countess Markievicz (a crack shot) to Seamus Babington of the 3rd Tipperary Brigade, I.R.A. is estimated at 800-1,400. (Note image attached to antiquesandartireland.com post for January 11, 2011).

Private letters from Michael Collins (who lost his life during the Civil War in 1922) range in estimate from 800 to 6,000. The 32 letters cover the period before the Easter Rising of 1916, his imprisonment and his development into a rebel leader. Terence MacSwiney’s Volunteer Diary from 1915 records his daily activities as a Volunteer organiser in Co. Cork. He was Lord Mayor of Cork when he died on hunger strike in Brixton Prison in 1920. It is estimated at 6,000-8,000.

There are 631 lots in total, including original photos and autograph books, pamphlets, medals, swords and flags. The sale will be held over two sessions at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on April 19.

UPDATE: The Collins letters brought in 202,000, the Proclamation failed to sell, Terence MacSwiney’s Volunteer Diary made 7,500. The sale brought in a hammer price of 655,000 and was 80 per cent sold.

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RYANAIR FOUNDER’S COLLECTION AT CHRISTIE’S

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Hugh Douglas Hamilton, R.H.A., 1736-1801, Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire (1753-1801), 1785-90, pastel (£200,000-300,000). Click on image to enlarge. UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR £337,250

WORKS from the collection of Dr. Tony Ryan, the founder of Ryanair, will be offered at Christie’s in London on July 14. Dr. Ryan, who died in 2007, was one of Ireland’s biggest philathropists and supporter of the arts.

On offer are 400 lots from his estate, the Lyons Demesne in Co. Kildare. This is a relatively small selection, but Christie’s say it will provide collectors and institutions around the world with a rare glimpse into a private Irish treasure trove. The sale is expected to bring in more than two million sterling.

Highlights include an important full length portrait in pastel of Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire (1753-1801) by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, R.H.A., 1736-1801 (£200,000-300,000); a pair of George III giltwood and painted satinwood console tables in the manner of Thomas Chippendale the Younger (£50,000-80,000); a Louis XV Gobelins tapestry, by Claude Audran ( £30,000-50,000) and a white marble sculpture of Love Awakened by Giovanni Battista Lombardi, Rome, circa 1870 (£30,000-50,000).

UPDATE:

The sale of Lyons Demesne: Works of Art from the Collection of the late Dr. Tony Ryan realised £3,352,200, selling 90% by value and 83% by lot.

The top lot was Hugh Douglas Hamilton, R.H.A. (Dublin 1740-1808), Portrait of Arthur Hill, 2nd Marquess of Downshire (1753-1801), which realised £337,250

All images © Christie’s Images Limited 2011

Interior, the Lyons Demesne, the Drawing Room. (click on image to enlarge).

The Gabrielli room. Click to enlarge)

Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Edwards Freeman (£50,000-80,000). Click to enlarge. UPDATE: THIS MADE £49,250

An interior view. (Click to enlarge)

One of a pair of Irish George III oval glass mirrors (£6,000-9,000). Click to enlarge. UPDATE: THE PAIR MADE 21,250

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A TALE OF TWO AUCTIONS IN CORK AND KERRY

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Expert restoration is needed for this c1760 Irish tallboy at Lynes and Lynes.

This Irish Georgian Tallboy, circa 1760 is from the Lynes and Lynes sale in Cork on Sunday April 17 at 3 p.m.. The colour is untouched, the bracket feet and top moulding are gone. Nonetheless it is a serious piece of antique furniture.

Measuring three feet wide it is estimated at 1000-2000.

There is a Fermoy longcase clock included in this sale of Georgian, Victorian and later furniture and effects at Lynes and Lynes new premises at Eastlink Business Park, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork.

An early 19th century walnut davenport is estimated at 1,000-1,500. The sale features easy chairs and sets of chairs including six Victorian spoon back chairs with an estimate of 600-1,000.

Among the lots on offer at this sale are bookcases, sideboards, dumb waiters and two card tables.

Click on image to enlarge.

UPDATE: The tallboy made 1,300, the Fermoy longcase clock made 1,100.

This Han Dynasty Amphora made from burnished black earthenware is at Kerry Auction Rooms, Tralee on April 19. It is estimated at 400-500. (click on image to enlarge)

The auction at Kerry Auction Rooms in Tralee on April 19 at 2 p.m. features a number of unusual items including this Han Dynasty amphora dating from c200 B.C.

A first British edition of “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” by James Joyce dating from 1916 is estimated at 800-1,200.

Art includes an oil on paper”Race meeting” by Con Campbell with a starting price of 800, a gouache on paper ” Still Life”by Basil Ivan Rakoczi with a starting price of 800, a watercolour port scene by Alethea Hill Platt (1861 – 1932) with a starting price of €700, an oil on canvas ” Still life of flowers” by Lady Kate Dobbin RHA with a starting price of €400 and a self portrait by Stella Steyn.

There is a selection of Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian furniture, coins and banknotes, silver, jewellery and collectibles among the 1,000 lots on offer.

UPDATE: The amphora sold for 250, the first British edition of Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist did not sell, Con Campbell’s Race meeting made 800 as did the still life by Basil Rakoczi.

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ANTIQUE IRISH JEWELLERY AND SILVER AT O’REILLY’S APRIL SALE

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

A mid 20th century diamond ring, the old cut diamond set within a diamond set mount. Estimated; weight of diamond; 6.54 carat, colour and clarity; tinted, VS - SI, estimate 35,000 - 38,000 UPDATE: IT REMAINED UNSOLD

A tanzanite and diamond dress ring, estimated at 600-700. UPDATE: THIS MADE 800

An antique diamond set target ring, Estimated; weight of diamond; 3.50 carat, colour and clarity; K, VS, estimate 18,000 - 20,000 UPDATE: THIS MADE 17,000

An Irish silver Victorian Armada jug, possibly by John Scriber, Dublin 1870, estimated at 3000 - 3500 UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,200

Some lots from O’Reilly’s sale of jewellery, watches, antique gold, silver and paintings at Francis St., Dublin on Wednesday, April 20 at 1 p.m.

The catalogue, which is on-line, lists 347 lots in total.

CLICK ON ANY IMAGE TO ENLARGE IT.

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TWO IRISH PROCLAMATIONS SEPARATED BY 113 YEARS

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

Robert Emmet's 1803 Proclamation. (click to enlarge)

Lot 41 at Whyte’s History, Literature and Collectibles sale in Dublin on Saturday, April 16 is Robert Emmet’s Proclamation of 1803. Allegedly 10,000 were printed but it was dangerous to be in possession of one, so most were destroyed. This is one of only three known examples in private hands. It begins: “The Provisional Government TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND” and is estimated to make 30,000-50,000. This is a sale of 628 lots.

SEE antiquesandartireland.com post for April 8.

UPDATE: This Proclamation made 25,000 in a sale that grossed over 300,000 with a selling rate of 70 per cent.

The 1916 Proclamation at Adams-Mealy's. (click to enlarge)

Lot 527 at Adams Mealy’s Independence sale in Dublin on Tuesday, April 19 is this 1916 Proclamation. There are thought to be no more than 50 surviving copies, many in public collections. This one is estimated at €100,000-150,000. There are 631 lots in total in this sale.

IN AN AUCTION WHICH REALISED 655,000 AT HAMMER THIS LOT FAILED TO SELL.

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CORK REPUBLICAN SILVER DISH DESTINED FOR MUSEUM

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Cork Republican Silver strawberry dish. (click on image to enlarge)

The rare Cork Republican Silver strawberry dish which was one of the highlights at Woodwards silver sale on April 6 is to be presented on long loan to Cork Public Museum.

Estimated at 15,000-20,000 the dish was bid up to 9,500 at the sale at which point it was withdrawn. It remained under active negotiation and was subsequently sold to a private bidder for 12,000. This bidder intends to present the extremely rare item of Cork silverware dating to the most turbulent period of the Irish Civil War to the museum, which is located in Fitzgerald’s Park near the city centre. With fluted sides the ten ounce dish is eight and a quarter inches in diameter.

See antiquesandartireland.com post for February 24.

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ELIZABETH TAYLOR’S JEWELS, ART, DRESSES TO BE SOLD BY CHRISTIE’S

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Art, jewels, dresses and memorabilia owned by Elizabeth Taylor will be sold by Christie’s in a series of auctions likely to begin later this year. The value of the estate and the dates of the sales have yet to be confirmed.

The Oscar winning actress and screen icon died last month aged 79.

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THREE CENTURIES OF IRISH ANTIQUES AT O’DRISCOLL CORK SALE

Sunday, April 10th, 2011

THE Morgan O’Driscoll sale at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island, Cork, on April 17 at 4 p.m. features 460 lots embracing three centuries of period furniture, silver, jewellery and art. It is being held on the instructions of the executors of the late Alan Haughton. The auction will include around 90 lots of silver, 25 lots of jewellery and about 60 lots of art.
Among the furniture on offer is a set of eight Cork 11-bar chairs, an Irish Regency parquetry bookcase, a Cork Regency sideboard, a Regency dining table, a Georgian
chest, 19th century wall mirrors, an 18th century Irish tallboy, a Georgian linen press, a Regency Cork clock and a 19th century demi-lune card table.

The catalogue is on-line. Here is a selection of some lots from that sale:

'A Rare Early George III Irish Provincial Coffee Pot by Michael McDermott, Cork, c.1770, estimate 10,000-15,000. UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR 9,400

Irish Three Piece Tea Service; Dublin 1902, estimate 1,000-1,250. UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR 825.

Rare Queen Anne Punch Bowl by Thomas Bolton, Dublin c.1700, estimate 15,000-25,000. UPDATE: IT MADE 17,000 AND WAS BOUGHT BY THE DUBLIN SILVER TRADE.

An Irish Regency Parquetry Bookcase, estimate 2,000-3,000. UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR 1,300.

Original 17th Century Spanish Armada Chest estimated at 1,200-1,800. UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR 2,100.

A Cork Regency sideboard estimate 1,500 - 2,500. UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR 1,100.

Five Brass Hanging Kitchen Measures with brass handles, estimate 60-90 euro.

Cork Regency Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase, estimate 1,500-2,500. UPDATE: IT WAS UNSOLD BUT CHANGED HANDS PRIVATELY AFTERWARDS.

William Harrington, Having a Pint, dated '69, estimated 600-800. UPDATE: IT MADE 700.

Irish cut glass jar and cover, estimate 100-150.

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WHAT PRICE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY BASALT STONES?

Friday, April 8th, 2011

A collection of four hexagonal basalt column sections similar to those found at Ireland’s famed Giants Causeway is the first of 628 lots at Whyte’s History, Literature and Collectibles sale in Dublin on April 16. They have been in the garden of a County Donegal home for at least fifty years. Whyte’s said it is possible they were acquired from Kennedy Quarries, Portrush, Co. Antrim in the vicinity of land now belonging to the National Trust. Similar examples were auctioned at Summers Place Auctions in association with Sotheby’s on 19 October 2010 (lot 132) and realised £18,500.

The Giant’s Causeway is the most popular tourist attraction in Northern Ireland. The unusual stone landscape was formed around 50 to 60 million years ago when Antrim was subject to intense volcanic activity. Rapidly cooling molten basalt formed an extensive lava plateau in columns. Legend has it that the Irish warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool) built the causeway to walk to Scotland to fight his Scottish counterpart Benandonner.

Examples of these stones in private collections are extremely rare. The Causeway area has been National Trust property for many years. It is illegal to remove anything from the site. These ones are estimated at 3,000-4,000.

UPDATE: They sold for 2,000.

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CONTRASTING ANTIQUE SEATING STYLES

Thursday, April 7th, 2011

These contrasting settees were quickly snapped up at Mealy’s auction in Mallow Castle, Co. Cork on April 5. The Regency period carved giltwood settee on the left made a hammer price of 6,500. It had been in the Kilkenny Castle sale in 1935.

The ornate Japanese seat on the right made a hammer price of 5,800. The back is profusely carved with scrolling dragons, the hinged seat is flanked with arm rests in the form of a dragon and it is just over five feet wide. Click on either image to enlarge.

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